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SUBMITTER: Cavallo G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5571804 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cavallo Gabriella G Murray Jane S JS Politzer Peter P Pilati Tullio T Ursini Maurizio M Resnati Giuseppe G
IUCrJ 20170510 Pt 4
Halogen bonds have been identified in a series of ionic compounds involving bromonium and iodonium cations and several different anions, some also containing hypervalent atoms. The hypervalent bromine and iodine atoms in the examined compounds are found to have positive σ-holes on the extensions of their covalent bonds, while the hypervalent atoms in the anions have negative σ-holes. The positive σ-holes on the halogens of the studied halonium salts determine the linearity of the short contacts ...[more]